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L. M. FOX.

GAR COUPLING.

310.394.1655. Patented Dec. 11, 1888 W 9 A l mm? UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI M. FOX, OF ALBION, IOIVA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,165, dated December 11, 1888. Application filed December 31, 1887. $erial No. 259,511. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, LEVI M. FOX, a citizen of the United States ol. America, and a resident of Albion, in the county of Marshall and State ot' Iowa, have invented an Automatic Oar-Coupling, of which the Following is a specificatim1.

My object is to avoid the dangers and ac cidents incident to persons going ljietwecn cars to couple and uncouplc; and my invention consists in the construction and combination of a link-governing device, a pin-governing device, and a self-adjusting pin-sup port, with a draw-head and car, as hcreina-tter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accom 'lanying drawings, in whichlfiigurcl is a sectional view showing the lii'ik-governing mechanism in its normal po sition, the pin-sup 'mrt pressed hack by the 3 link, and the pin dropped through the link, as required, to secure a link of common form by means of a common coupling-pin. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the link-governing device. Fig. 33 is a sectional view showing the pin-sumlort in position, as required, to retain the coupling-pin elevated in such amanncr that when a couplingdink carried by a drmv-head on another car enters the mouth of the draw-head it will press the link-support backward, so the pin can drop through the link.

as required, for practical use. Fig. 5 shows the nn-governing device applied and the pin suspended in an inoperative position.

A represents a draw-bar, adapted to he fixed to a car in a common way.

13 is a vertical extension at the front and j top of the bar, through which a bore is made to intersect the link-cavity. r

C is a false fioor and link-governing device that consists of two parallel curved bars, (I, that are coni'iected by a cross-bar, d, as clearly shown in The device is preferably cast complete in one piece of malleable iron or steel, but can be forged from wrought-iron. Perforations in. the floor ot' the link-cavity allow the free ends of the bars (I to pass through downward, as clearly shown in Figs. 1. and 3, and in such ainanner that it can be readily operated, as required, to manipulate and direct a link into the head of a mating draw-bar.

Fig. 4. is a view of the end ot" a 1 car, showing my con'ipletc invention applied, I

t f is a rock-shaft that has a bend, f, at its center and handles at its ends, and is attached to a car in such a manner that the Q bent center will swing forward to engage the ends of the link-governing device, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to press the I said ends forward and thereby elevate the front end of the link to direct it into a matin g d raw-head. 1 g is a sliding pin-support fitted in a cone 1 sponding slot in the draw-bar that intersects the link-cavity. t g is a spring placed in the rear of the pinsupport in such a manner that it will, in its i normal conditiml, hold the pin-support: under the pin, as shown in Fig. 3. A slot, 72, in the pin-support g, and a pin, '1', extei'iding through the slot and fixed to the draw-bar, restricts the backward and forward motions of the pinsupport. i J' .l are levers pivoted to the front of the car and connected with the coupling-pin 7i i by means of a chain in such a manner that a person at either side of the car can operate the levers to lift the pin, as required, to uncouplc. A rod or bar, "In, connected with one of the levers .I and extended upward, allows a person on top of a car to operatethe levers and lift the pin, and ajoint at the top end of the rod allows the top portion, n, to fall on the root of the car whenever the pin-rod is lifted in such a manner that it will retain the pin elevated and inoperative, as required, to prevent coupling.

2' is a sleeve fixed to the top of the car, as shown in Fig. 5, through which the rod 7H is operated. A slot in the top of this hearing and sleeve allows the hinged top n of the rod in to fall over upon the car, and the complete sleeve covers and protects the joint in the rod.

I claim as my invention The automatic car-coupling comprising a i draw-bar having a sliding pin-support, g, a link-governing device, resting upon the floor of the link-cavity with its ends extending down through openings in said floor, a roclcsliaft having a bend, f, levers J J, and the jointed rod m n, constructed and combined with a car to operate in the manner set forth. LEVI M. FOX.

Vitnesses:

F. D. DENNIS, J. MONTGOMERY. 

